America sends Experts to come Study how Nigeria Killed Ebola Many people are still wondering how the Lagos State government manage to crush the Ebola virus within such a short period. In fact, stunned by the entrance of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into America, the United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention has despatched its personnel to study how Nigeria was able to contain the highly dreaded disease. A man from West Africa has been diagnosed with Ebola in Texas, US, and their is panic in the city. A statement released by US CDC Director, Tom Frieden, said “it’s clear the nation needs a quick and thorough response to its first Ebola patient” He said Nigerias “extensive response to a single case of Ebola shows that control is possible with rapid, focused interventions.” Apart from Nigeria, the US will also visit Senegal to study its model. Senegal has had no new reported cases of Ebola since Sept. 18 while Nigeria has not reported new ones since August 31, Frieden said the best practices in Nigeria and Senegal suggest the U.S. should monitor all individuals who may have been exposed to Ebola and establish a dedicated management and response system. US health officials are expected in Nigeria which it claimed had the best practices in combating Ebola Virus disease which entered into the country through late Patrick Sawyer. How Nigeria stopped the spread of Ebola According to US CDC, “Nigeria’s first reported case of Ebola surfaced July 20, when Patrick Sawyer landed in Lagos from Liberia and exposed 72 other passengers to the virus. Nigeria’s Health officials quickly issued notifications and tracked everybody who may have been in contact with Sawyer. “Nigeria also established an Ebola Incident Management Center to handle the potential outbreak and developed a staffing plan that executed a social mobilization strategy that reached more than 26,000 households of people living around the contacts of Ebola patients.” Panic in America The man who imported Ebola into US had travelled to Liberia without informing the authorities and did not disclose the nature of his ailment to the nurse that attended to him. Reports from Texas yesterday said that the Nurse who attended to the man has also taken ill for Ebola in Texas. A spokesman for Texas Health Presbyterian said the patient had walked into a Dallas emergency room on September 26, without knowing that he contacted the deadly virus and left after he was treated. He then returned to the facility on September 28 where it was determined he likely had Ebola and was isolated. He tested positive Tuesday, health officials said. Following lapse on the part of the hospital officials, questions are being asked amid panic across US. The deadly virus has so far killed more than 3,000 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:01:49 +0000
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